Controllers Anonymous (or, control issues)
I have a problem. Recovery begins with a confession. Well…. This is something I have been hiding from my friends and loved ones… Though a problem like this is difficult to hide.
I have an addiction to MIDI controllers. I have many of them. Also APC 40, novation launchpad + nocturn, all three korg nano kontrols, vcm 100, traktor x1 kontrol, x-session, there must be more.
I sold some – was able to tear myself away from the xstation (even though it had beautiful sounds) and the remote zero SL (even after I modded it thinking it would be my dream). I even took an electronics class an learned how to build my own controller but that never got much farther than ordering the parts.
The lastest feeding of the addiction happened spontaneously (as it often does)… A brief decision to look up the Hercules RMX, price check online only to find B and H photo in manhattan – not too far from work – had the best prices. I went in. And soon I was in the over sized pickup line. It’s so shiney. Built like steel.
It took a minute to get it to work properly with Deckadance (mostly because I am one of those morons that overlooks the obvious). But it works now and boy does it work beautifully. And it’s but one USB port for the audio interface, leaving the other wide open for possibilities.
What will those yield? Perhaps I will run it as a vst inside ableton and connect up another controller for effects and clips? Or maybe I will use the port for the maschine (yes I have one of those too) and overlay my own beats to tracks? Maybe I need to run two laptops in sync? Maybe I need more controllers because I am a control freak.
What is all this about being in control? Don’t I know that this is merely Maya and it is but a dream?
When will I ever learn?
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